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Local volunteers are making Sri Lanka’s beaches clean again

Source: Facebook/365X

Last December, the nine largest beaches were cleaned up by a group of locals to raise awareness among the local community.

Mass beach cleaning campaign carried out in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is often referred to as paradise, but some of its beaches are filling with littering plastic. Last December, the nine largest beaches were cleaned up by a group of locals to raise awareness among the local community. Sponsored by CodeGen, this is the first time an islandwide beach cleaning campaign has  conducted in Sri Lanka. 

Local volunteers are making Sri Lanka clean again Some of the Plastic waste recovered is now also being used to construct toilets and classrooms for schools in low-income areas. Source: Facebook/BrightVibes

Helping to create a more beautiful Sri Lanka

Nalaka Senadeera is an environmental activist dedicated to minimising littering; enhancing recycling methodologies, and spreading green love around the island of Sri Lanka

In December the mass beach cleaning campaign was carried out around the island including in Negombo, Jaffna, Matara, and Mount Lavinia.

Sponsored by CodeGen, this is the first time an islandwide beach cleaning campaign has  conducted in Sri Lanka. Besides the main organisers, some communities in Negombo and Kalpitiya joined in to support; the Chunnkam Rotary Club supported the cleanup camp in Jaffna, the Rotary Club of SLIIT Malabe supported the Mount Lavinia cleaning campaign.

The first destination of the tour was Negombo, after which the teams headed to Kalpitiya on the morning of 4 December, Jaffna the next morning, Pasikuda on 6 December, Arugam Bay on 7 December morning, Matara on 8 December morning, and Hikkaduwa that same evening, Beruwala on the morning of 9 December, and finally Mount Lavinia that evening.

Speaking about the vision of this wonderful initiative, Ranuka Kariyawasam from 365X said: “We have watched Nalaka do a great deal of work to preserve the environment and we decided to support this time.”

He further added: “We were at Jungle Beach last year and saw that it was filled with plastic. We have a beautiful country and we have to protect and preserve our environment for ourselves and our future generations.

“We do see that the beaches are getting cleaned due to tourism and whatnot; however there are several beautiful beach stretches that are often overlooked, so we are trying to include those beaches that are often left idle, to help create a more beautiful Sri Lanka.”

Everybody was willing to join in, and they received help from locals, tourists, and kids from a local primary school.

A new triple beach cleanup is planned to take place on February 23rd.

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Source: TheMorning.lk

365X is a start-up working in the development and enhancement of the scalability of system software. Conducted by 365X as a CSR project, the cleanup was a laudable initiative. The mass beach cleaning campaign was carried out around the island including in Negombo, Jaffna, Matara, and Mount Lavinia.
365X’s Ranuka Kariyawasam poses with volunteers 365X is a start-up working in the development and enhancement of the scalability of system software. Conducted by 365X as a CSR project, the cleanup was a laudable initiative. The mass beach cleaning campaign was carried out around the island including in Negombo, Jaffna, Matara, and Mount Lavinia. Source: Facebook/365X
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